A review of machine learning and satellite imagery for poverty prediction: Implications for development research and applications

O Hall, F Dompae, I Wahab… - Journal of International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The field of artificial intelligence is seeing the increased application of satellite imagery to
analyse poverty in its various manifestations. This nascent but rapidly growing intersection of …

[HTML][HTML] Energy poverty prediction in the United Kingdom: A machine learning approach

D Al Kez, A Foley, ZK Abdul, DF Del Rio - Energy Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy poverty affects billions worldwide, including people in developed and develo**
countries. Identifying those living in energy poverty and implementing successful solutions …

Utilizing nighttime light datasets to uncover the spatial patterns of county-level relative poverty-returning risk in China and its alleviating factors

T Liu, L Yu, X Chen, X Li, Z Du, Y Yan, D Peng… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
China has launched a series of ambitious poverty alleviation strategies to end extreme
poverty, officially announcing the achievement of this goal in 2020. Currently, these counties …

Multi-source satellite imagery and point of interest data for poverty map** in East Java, Indonesia: Machine learning and deep learning approaches

SR Putri, AW Wijayanto, S Pramana - Remote Sensing Applications …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study proposes a novel approach to provide a more granular poverty map in terms of
coverage (up to a grid level with the spatial resolution of 1.5 km) with less cost and time to …

Nighttime light satellite images reveal uneven socioeconomic development along China's land border

N Wan, Y Du, F Liang, J Yi, J Qian, W Tu, S Huang - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
China shares its board with one developed and thirteen develo** countries. A timely,
precise, and efficient socioeconomic study of border regions is vital for evaluating political …

[HTML][HTML] Grid-scale poverty assessment by integrating high-resolution nighttime light and spatial big data—A case study in the Pearl River Delta

M Li, J Lin, Z Ji, K Chen, J Liu - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Poverty is a social issue of global concern. Although socioeconomic indicators can easily
reflect poverty status, the coarse statistical scales and poor timeliness have limited their …

Predicting provincial gross domestic product using satellite data and machine learning methods: a case study of Thailand

N Puttanapong, N Prasertsoong… - Asian Development …, 2023 - World Scientific
This study introduced a new approach for monitoring regional development by applying
satellite data with machine learning algorithms. Satellite data that represent physical …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring machine learning trends in poverty map**: A review and meta-analysis

BR Lamichhane, M Isnan, T Horanont - Science of Remote Sensing, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine Learning (ML) has rapidly advanced as a transformative tool across
numerous fields, offering new avenues for addressing poverty-related challenges. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting multidimensional poverty with machine learning algorithms: an open data source approach using spatial data

G Muñetón-Santa, LC Manrique-Ruiz - Social Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a methodology to estimate the multidimensional poverty index using
spatial data at the street block level. The data used in this study were obtained from Open …

[HTML][HTML] Building consistent time series night-time light data from average DMSP/OLS images for indicating human activities in a large-scale oceanic area

R Huang, W Wu, K Yu - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human activities in the ocean have never been chronically and continuously investigated on
a large scale. Night-time light (NTL) images collected by the Defense Meteorological …